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These two volumes, which are meant as companion volumes to the book The Historical Roots of the ANC (published by Jacana in November 2010), provide a selection of important documents and texts that have influenced the political and policy thinking of the ANC during the course of its history. Included are historic accounts and statements by the ANC and its leading figures and by other influential African and international thinkers and statesmen like Kwame Nkrumah, Frantz Fan and Julius Nyerere.

Author Biography

Ben Turok is a visiting professor at the University of KwaZulu Natal, a member of the South African parliament, and the head of political education for the African National Council. He has been a member of the Liberation Movement for many decades, was an accused in the 1956 Treason Trial, and was in exile for 25 years, returning to South Africa in 1990. He is the author of 19 books on Africa's development economics and politics.